Sentence examples for honest figure from inspiring English sources
He was so patently a gentleman and an honest figure of authority that he was able to use his prestige to intervene in the religious disturbances that flared up in northern towns in the early years of the regime.
The positive one is the classic story of creative destruction: New players come into an industry, into a market, and they figure out ways to do things differently and often, if we're being honest, figure out ways to do things better.
Asked about the reported £3bn repair cost, Mr Ware said it was not an official figure: "The honest figure is that we don't know".
Egypt's interim government on Thursday called him a "patriotic, honest figure".
Egypt's interim government on Thursday called him a "patriotic, honest figure". The question now "is will President Morsi attend his funeral?" said Akl. "Protocol says he should.
The Brazilian poet and journalist Artur Azevedo wrote of the general view toward Teresa Cristina after her death: "I never spoke to her, but also never passed her without respectifuly removing my hat and bowing myself, not to the Empress, but to the sweet and honest figure of a poor, almost humble, bourgeoise.
As we know that TFA has been accused of inflating data in its favor in the past, we request that TFA collect and publish more precise and honest figures.
Over the years FORBES mutual fund surveys have pressed the fund industry to produce the honest figures consumers need to make rational choices among funds and helped educate two generations of U.S. fund consumers.
The most familiar and frequent representation was that developed by Punch cartoonists John Leech and Sir John Tenniel: the jovial and honest farmer figure, solid and foursquare, sometimes in Union Jack waistcoat and with bulldog at heel.
Interestingly, these two knowledgeable and honest political figures don't even consider the notion of repealing the health care bill enacted this year.
He is more careful about George Bush, whom he seems to view as an honest, if befuddled, figure.
